Please consider supporting our efforts.
| 
| Hits: 2941
Whitworth Park Golf Club, Spennymoor, Durham. (1914 - 1928)
First appeared after prior to WW1.
Result of a match played at Whitworth Park against Coxhoe and District Golf Club (now defunct) in July 1914.
| Whitworth Park (Spennymoor) Golf Club | Coxhoe and District Golf Club | ||
| Mr Proctor | 0 | J Gunn | 1 |
| Mr Tress | 0 | N Heron | 1 |
| Dr. Tinsley | 0 | G Iseton | 1 |
| Mr Wanless | 1 | T Iseton | 0 |
| Mr Claughan | 0 | G Storey | 1 |
| Mr Mowitt | 1 | W E Robson | 0 |
| Mr Walls (halved) | 0 | Rev. R J Davies (halved) | 0 |
| Mr Rutherford | 0 | W Forster | 1 |
| 2 | 5 |
In 1923 the secretary was J G Hall, Bank of Liverpool & Martins Ltd, Spennymoor, County Durham telephone 34. The green-keeper was M Aisbett. A 9-hole course with a membership of 115. Visitors’ fees were 1/6 a day, 3/- a week, 5/- a fortnight and 7/6 a month. The station at Spennymoor was 1 mile away.
From 1925 to the disappearance of Whitworth Park in 1928 the secretary was E Preston, 20 Carlton Terrace, Spennymoor. The professional and green-keeper was T H Dowson. Visitors’ fees were 1/6 a day, 2/- on Sunday, 7/6 a fortnight and 10/6 a month. Local hotel, the Wheatsheaf.
Location of the Whitworth Park course in the mid 1920s.
Grid reference NZ24260,34435, co-ordinates 424260,534435.
Interesting to note, the Whitworth Park club finished just as Spennymoor Golf Club started.